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St Mary Magdalene, North Worple Way, Mortlake (Roman Catholic)

Hidden away down a driveway in a back street near the railway line. It dates from 1852 and is by Gilbert Blount. The church hides Mortlake Roman Catholic Cemetery where architects J.F. Bentley, Leonard Stokes and Henry Clutton are buried. It also features the stone tent memorial to explorer Sir Richard Burton.

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St Mary, High Street, Mortlake

The west tower dates from 1543, with a top of 1694. Most of the rest is by Arthur Blomfield, the chancel of 1885 and nave of 1905. The north aisle is mainly divided off as rooms.

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St Michael, Elm Bank Gardens, Barnes

Sitting between two suburban streets, this is a surprisingly large church of 1891-93 by Charles Innes. All the glass is by Percy Bacon.

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St Mary, Church Road, Barnes

The ancient parish church of Barnes was severely damaged by fire in 1978 and rebuilt to designs by Edward Cullinan in 1980. His is a large northern extension to the retained south nave wall, west tower and chancel of the medieval building, replacing an early 20th century building.

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Castelnau Mission Hall (former), Stillingfleet Road, Barnes

In Stillingfleet Road, west of Castelnau, it was a large hall/church built in 1929, designed by Clifton Davy. It was made redundant in 1946 and is currently a Community Centre.

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St Osmund, Castelnau, Barnes (Roman Catholic)

A Pre-WW2 design by A J Hodsdon Archard and executed by Ronald Hardy of Archand and Hardy in 1954-1955. The Stations of the Cross are by Philip Lindsey Clark.

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Holy Trinity, Castelnau, Barnes

Near the south end of Hammersmith Bridge. it was designed by Thomas Allom and built in 1868.

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All Hallows, Chertsey Road, Twickenham

The tower of All Hallows, Lombard Street in the City of London was erected here in 1938-1940 alongside a new church by Robert Atkinson. Many of the contents of that church of 1686-94 by Christopher Wren were also re used in the new church as were some from St Benet Gracechurch and St Dionis Backchurch. The interior is bedecked with flags of the nations in the 2015 Rugby Union World Cup as the church is only a short way from Twickenham stadium.

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